Salzburg Festival 3 Modern Operas

Collection of three modern operas performed at the Salzburg Festival. Ingo Metzmacher conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in a production of Bernd Alois Zimmerman's 'Die Soldaten', staged in Salzburg's Felsenreitschule in 2012. The production features an ensemble comprising 170 musicians and a cast of 50 soloists including Laura Aikin, Alfred Muff, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and Tomasz Konieczny. Also included is Nikolaus Lehnhoff's production of Franz Schreker's three-act opera 'Die Gezeichneten', which opened the festival in 2005. Kent Nagano leads the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, with soloists including Anne Schwanewilms, Robert Brubaker, Robert Hale and Michael Volle. The last performance is Alban Berg's 'Lulu', recorded at the festival in 2011. French soprano Patricia Petibon heads a strong European cast, while German conductor Marc Albrecht leads the Wiener Philharmoniker.